Category Archives: 3 Glasses

I was recently in Colorado on business. On my way, the drive to the MSP airport was very stressful. I left the house before 7:30am for a 9:30am flight to Denver but traffic was rough. Most people don’t realize Minnesota traffic is almost as bad as New York or Los Angeles traffic and the bottom…

Fall is in the air. It was the official first day of fall and we decided to cut a tree down at Dave and Heather’s recently. The tree has been dead for many years and Dave was concerned it might fall. He was hoping the wood was in good enough condition to burn in their…

Our oldest Nick turned 24 August 21st. We hosted dinner for my parents, Andrew, Bri, and Nick the following evening when Nick was available. Every year Chris asks the birthday person what they would like for dinner and this year Nick requested Juicy Lucy Hamburgers and cheesy hash brown potatoes. On his actual birthday he…

Nick and Bri joined us for dinner the night before we flew out to California recently. They grabbed some groceries that would have expired and were taking Simba for the week. Dinner was going to be pretty simple; hamburgers on the grill with mashed potatoes and a green salad. Since Bri is a Zinfandel…

One of my lifelong friends Chris moved to Washington state twenty-three years ago. Over the years, we did not communicate a lot. I believe that Chris only made it back to Minnesota five or six times during that time, but we did manage to make time to see each other when he was home. You can…

Well August is almost over and Minnesota has started another heat wave. Fridays weather was hot (90°), humid and very windy. There was a 15 mile per hour winds coming from the south. Our view on the lake is southerly so the wind just felt hot. It felt like sitting in front of a hair…

Hump day! For some reason this week seems to be just dragging on. I’m not wishing away time, don’t get me wrong because I am NOT looking forward to another Minnesota winter which is right around the corner. There will be a day when our winters will be spent in a warmer climate such as…

Our motor home has been for sale for about a year. Since the unit hadn’t sold, Chris and I decided to pull it from the RV dealer lot and enjoy it. It just made no sense having it sit while we’re still paying for it. We were recently feeling pretty good about an interested party…

Back when our friends Joe and Lisa had their wine store we were introduced to one of the special higher end wines that they carried. I had appreciated the fact they were trying to introduce higher end boutique wines. This one was introduced by their wine distributor Jesse. In addition to the Black Magic Shiraz,…

The first time I ever tasted Vermentino was last fall during our trip to Italy. Our friend Mitch Cosentino was one of multiple hosts on the cruise and we spent many days traveling the ports of call together. During the trip, one of the stops was in Cinque Terre. If you are not familiar…

I think the movie Sideways gave Merlot a bad rap. The first red wine Chris and I both fell in love with was a Merlot from Australia. The winery was called Hope Estate and the 2005 vintage was exceptional! We would buy a case at a time from our friends’ store in Champlin, MN. As…

We’ve just made it though the last weekend of July. It was this past weekend when mother nature decided to throw a curve ball delivering a cold and rainy weekend! It basically rained on and off Friday evening through Sunday morning and we were not excited about hanging out at the lake so we decided…